Anderson’s journey continues
Anderson’s journey continues: James Anderson and his party have reached “Beechey Lake,” and are encamped above the five sets of rapids that had led them to into that Lake —…
Read moreIs it a Brigade Trail?
There are a number of old horse trails around the province of British Columbia — but are they all brigade trails? I don’t know if I can answer this question,…
Read morePolar Bears
Yes, Dave-In-Eden, I CAN tell you some polar bear stories! And these stories are even from York Factory, or the original once-living bear in the story came from there. Augustus…
Read moreMcLoughlin’s letters 1844-45
In writing my blogpost of last week (that is, Thomas Lowe’s journal), I have become aware that I am missing John McLoughlin’s letters for the same period, and it is…
Read moreThomas Lowe, 1845
For Thomas Lowe, it is 1845 — and of course it is time for me to write a Thomas Lowe post. Yet, I discover that most of the information I…
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